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Gate and the Ghost / It's a Shame

by Love, Burns

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Contemplating life At the water’s edge Oh, I just don’t know Should I dive in To clear my head? No, it’s time to go What gives? What becomes? How do we move on? Will we ever know? Is there a road? Where does it go? Does it go home? Standing at the gate By the old townhouse Are you still there? Knocking at the door I hold my breath And I say my prayer What gives? What becomes? The ghost, the mother and son How do we move on? Pulling at the lock Like a memory shift Oh, it all comes back My heart in my mouth I can see the rift From the other side now
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It's a Shame 04:23
Coldharbour Lane, at 4 a.m. I’m feeling blue No chance of turning back That bridge is burning too This city is so tall It crushes all hope dead The weight of expectation It’s all in my head It’s a shame We’re not the only ones In this life Who do you wish you were? If you could break If you could let go Who would you be? Will you ever know? How to get by? How to cope? How to make ends meet? A little hustle A little take There’s always the end of the week Should you fail Or take a chance Could you face getting hurt? It doesn’t matter What anyone thinks You’ll always have you worth

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Gate and the Ghost
It’s a Shame


Love, Burns on this record is:

Philip Sutton, guitar, vocals

with
Kyle Forester, guitar, bass, keys.
Hampus Öhman-Frölund, drums and percussion
Gary Olson, backing vocals

Lead guitar on It’s a Shame played and recorded by Hewson Chen

Recorded and mixed by Gary Olson, Marlborough Farms Studios, Brooklyn, NY.
Additional recording by Sutton, Forester, and Öhman-Frölund.
Mastered by Thomas Pronai
Sleeve by Karl Morgan [@facingwestprints]

All songs written by Philip Sutton.

Eine Kleine Untergrund Schallplatte KUS 028 (Vinyl)
Calico Cat Records CAL010 (Compact Disc / DR)

Dedicated to the memory of Josephine Sutton.

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released October 23, 2020

REVIEWS

Phil Sutton has played in some incredible bands, such as Pale Lights who we’ve covered countless times. But, his focus right now is on his solo project, Love Burns; there’s this great new 7″ he’s recorded with a bunch of heavy-hitting friends that will be released on October 23rd. When I first turned this on, I felt awed by how his voice seems to soar; it works perfectly in the song’s stark opening and still carries on when the track pushes forward with more layers. Speaking of said layers, there’s enough texture to create this thickened pop feeling, though with enough restraint to still make everything feel so airy. This is the perfect lesson in how to build a perfect pop song!

Austin Town Hall
austintownhall.com/2020/10/01/love-burns-shares-gate-and-the-ghost

You may not know the band name but if you follow this site (or other indie pop sites) then you’ll know that this is the work of New Yorker Phil Sutton (originally from merry ole England but he’s been in the USA for a few decades, I believe). Sutton normally leads the terrific Pale Lights (who I hope are still active) but in this COVID-encrusted year he’s been focusing on this solo project and he does get some help from Ladybug Transistors Gary Olson and Kyle Forester and drummer named Hampus. “Gate and a Ghost” is a splendid pop song, all soaring and jangly goodness. I have to say that with Sutton’s smooth croon (love his voice) he’s make it seem easy. The flip, “It’s A Shame” is a low-key tune set to lyrics that make me think what a New Yorker with insomnia might feel in the middle of the night when they can’t sleep and their mind begins to wander. In addition to this single, which you all need, don’t miss their digital EP released earlier this year, Fiftieth and Marlborough. While I’m admittedly missing the Pale Lights, Love Burns seems like quite a fair trade but hey, I want both (yes I want my to have my cake and eat it too).

Dagger Zine
daggerzine.tumblr.com/post/636040596978532354/love-burns-gate-and-the-ghost-bw-its-a

Le musicien Phil Sutton, auteur-compositeur, apparaît de 1993 à 1997 sous l'alias Hofner Burns. Batteur, il brille d'abord aux tambours de sa batterie avec diverses formations avant de fonder le groupe Comet Gain, puis son autre projet Pale Lights avec qui il signera deux albums chez Track & Field entre 1999 et 2002. L'anglais s'exile à New-York où il met en place The Soft City avec des membres de Comet Gain et des Ladybug Transistor. Après une jolie série d'EP sort un album éponyme en 2010 enregistré dans le fameux studio à Brooklyn de Gary Olson des Ladybug Transistor, Marlborough Farm Studios.

Phil, naturellement issu de la vague brit-pop, s'inspire du néo-réalisme dans le cinéma, la littérature et les interprètes féminines des années 60 comme Françoise Hardy qu'il admire. Pale lights depuis ne cesse de combler de ravissement le monde indie-pop avec en 2014 l'album Before There Were Pictures suivi en 2017 de The Stars Seemed Brighter.
Main dans la main avec Ronny Pinkau, à la tête de l'excellent label allemand Kleine Untergrund Schallplatten, Phil nous offrira un deux titres le 23 octobre 2020 qui d'emblée me séduit fort. Parallèlement je me réjouis d'apprendre qu'un nouvel album Pale Lights est à venir, commencé juste avant d'être bouclés à la maison au printemps dernier et fin prêt à nous être délivré.

Sous ce nouvel alias Love, Burns, Phil reprend ses guitares et ses baguettes sur le poppeux Gate And The Ghost / It's A Shame, toujours entouré de ses talentueux amis Gary Olson au mixage et aux manettes du studio d'enregistrement Marlborough Farms, de Kyle Forester artiste dont je parle récemment pour son superbe album solo et qui joue au sein des Ladybug Transistor et Crystal Stilts, Hampus Öhman-Frölund batteur des Alpaca Sports, le formidable artiste Nick Garrie et Hewson Chen de Lake Ruth et The New Lines.

Comme de coutumes, les guitares et la rythmique qui ornent Gate And The Ghost, galopent et chevauchent sur la mélodie qui fuse et donne furieusement envie de danser. It's a shame continue d'enfiévrer les oreilles avec son tempo groovy, sa guitare magique sur le clavier psychédélique entêtant et persuasif. Pour couronner le tout harmonieux et somptueusement pop, la voix de Phil Sutton resplendit de classe et de personnalité.

Marie-Agnès Hallé, Piggledy Pop
piggledypop.blogspot.com/2020/10/love-burns.html

On this edition, Love, Burns is the solo project of Phil Sutton, of Pale Lights. He writes classic indie pop tunes and this is his debut solo project that is highly recommended. As well other great new releases from Faye Webster, Yot Club plus some classics from Grapes of Wrath, Golden Rough and Look Blue Go Purple - time in from midday abs subscribe! 2SER.com for all details See Less

Chimes, on 2SER

„Gate And The Ghost“ von Love, Burns heißt der heutige Song des Tages bei Sounds & Books. Hinter dem Moniker steckt der amerikanische Songwriter Phil Sutton, den wir zuletzt mit seiner Band Pale Lights im Programm hatten. Damals coverte Suttons Band einen Song ihrer Kollegen von Lake Ruth und die Single erschien beim Augsburger Label Kleine Untergrund Schallplatten, wo nun auch die Debüt-7″-Single „Gate And The Ghost“ als Doppel-A-Seite mit „It’s A Shame“ seines Projektes Love, Burns erschienen ist. Erlesener, beschwingt-melodiöser Indie-Pop, der nicht nur die Fans der Go-Betweens jubilieren lässt. Weitere Informationen sind auf der Facebookseite der Band erhältlich. Sounds & Books wünscht viel Vergnügen mit „Gate And The Ghost“.

Gérard Otremba, Sounds and Books.
www.soundsandbooks.com/love-burns-gate-and-the-ghost-song-des-tages

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Love, Burns is the solo project of Phil Sutton, of Pale Lights, and Cinema Red and Blue, and once of Comet Gain, Velocette, The Projects, Kicker, and The Soft City. He lives in Queens, NY, home of the hits. Love, Burns record for Kleine Untergrund Schallplatten, of Augsburg, Germany. Debut LP released August 2021. ... more

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